Improvement in binding books



W. GILLILAND.

BINDI'NG BOOKS. No. 190. 677. Patented May15, 1877.

fiwanfoyr N PETERS. PHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM GILLILAND, OF NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BINDING BOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,677, dated May 15,1877 application filed April 21, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM GILLILAND, of NewBrighton, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Binders, of which the following is the specification:

The object of my invention is a binder, constructed as fully describedhereafter, so as to securely retain packages of blanks, as checks,orders, prescriptions, &c., together within permanent covers withoutinterfering with the ready removal of either single blanks, or of thewhole package, or of the stubs after the blanks have been torntherefrom.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a perspective view, partly insection, showing that part of the binder which is attached to the cover;Fig. 2, a similar view, showing a package of blanks and the portion ofthe binder which is secured thereto. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectionalview, and Fig. 4, a plan View, showing the mode of making the metallicportion of the binder. V

The binder consists of the metallic retainer A, which is attached to thecover, and the pocket B, formed in any suitable manner upon the package0 of check-blanks, orders, &c., which it is desired to protect by acover.

The retainer A is of metal, having flanges a a, parallel to each other,extending from a back-piece, b, and a tongue, extending along the innerside of the back-piece, and secured thereto at one end.

The pocket B is formed by foldinga strip, 0, of fabric, leather, thinmetal, or other material over the edge of the package 0 and stitchingit, or otherwise securing it thereto at the edges, as shown in Figs. 2and 3.

The retainer A is secured in any suitable manner within the cover of thebook. The packet of leaves 0, with the pocket B, is then introduced intothe end of the retainer, and is pushed along the latter, so that thetongue 0 'shall enter the pocket B until the retainer is midway betweentheedges of the leaves, which are thereby securely confined, so thatthey cannot be displaced by any change in the position of the book,unless it be held with the end of the tongue downward in an absolutelyvertical position. While thus secured the separate leaves may bedetached in the ordinary manner, the edge as of one of the flanges aserving as a cutter in tearing them off; and

after all have been removed, or it becomes necessary ,to substituteothers therefor, the stub or partial package may be readily detached bysliding it from the retainer in the direction of the end of the tongue.

It will be apparent that the tongue 0 serves to securely retain thepacket, regardless of the thickness of the latter, and that the flangesof the retainer do not act, as in other retainers, as clamps to securethe leaves.

If necessary, the tongue may be stiffened in any suitable manner; and itmay be curved or bent, to more efl'ectually secure the package; and aseries of loops may be substituted for the stripe, to form a pocket.

It will further be seen, on reference to Fig. 4, that the retainers maybe readily manufactured, with but little Waste of the metal, from asheet, by cutting therefrom blanks X, of the shape shown, the narrowerportion of the blanks, when folded on the line 8, forming the tongues c,and the wider portions, when folded on the lines 2', forming the back band flanges a.

I claim-- 1. The combination, in a binder. of a retainer, A, havingflanges a and an internal tongue, 0, and a pocket, B, formed upon apacket, U, of the papers to be secured, all substantially as set forth.

2. The packet O with its pocket B, adapted for attachment to a tongue,0, of a retainer attached to the cover, substantially as specified.

3. The retainer, carrying a tongue, 0, arranged to be parallel with theback of the book, and adapted to be inserted in a pocket on the packetof leaves, as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WILLIAM GILLILAND.

Witnesses;

BENJ'. WILDE, O. M. MEBRIoK.

